Weather Records on 16 February 1974

380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1974. Highest significance: Burketown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1974

On 16 February 1974, 380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 369 daily.
Burketown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 16 February 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

380 stations

380 station records on 16 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Askham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euston (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnambool (Kulwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zonia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.2 C (-56.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Itaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah USDA Plt Gd	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

380 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1974

Top 20 records on 16 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1974	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1974	Cape St. Francis, ZA	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Biesjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Askham, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Innamincka Station, AU	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Gympie, AU	daily rain	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Okeene, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Monticello, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1974	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1974	Millungera Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 380 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	306
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1